Ethos Farm to Health Board of Directors

Ethos Farm to Health Founder

Ron Weiss, M.D. is dual board-certified in internal medicine and lifestyle medicine, and a primary care physician in New Jersey and New York. He is the founder of Ethos Primary Care and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is also a botanist and farmer and offers an evidence-based, food-as-medicine approach to healing from chronic illness and optimizing wellness.  

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Michael has been an organic gardener since the 1970s, when he subscribed to Rodale Press’ Organic Gardening magazine. He is a strong proponent of eradicating invasive plants and landscaping with natives – principles he demonstrates on his own properties in Harding Township, NJ, and Stockbridge, MA.

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Gail Kreitzer, PCC is a Life & Leadership Coach, specializing in mindful communication, team building, leadership development, overcoming overwhelm, and personal empowerment. Gail believes it's the little things that generate the biggest impact.

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As the founder of Hidden Spruce Farm Sanctuary in Bedminster, Tracy has channeled her deep commitment to animal welfare and plant-based living into the creation of a safe haven for vulnerable species. Established on her 50-acre family farm, the sanctuary reflects her mission to promote compassion and inspire lasting change.

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Anthony Masiello has been working in healthcare for more than 25 years.  His career started in the 90s doing bioinformatics work on the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health.  He later shifted into Research and Development at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where he was excited to contribute to the development of new disease therapies.

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Dr. Andrew “Drew” Smith is responsible for administering, facilitating, and implementing farm operations and research activities at the Rodale Institute’s main campus and six other production and research campuses. Drew earned a BS in Agronomy at Cornell University and a MS in Entomology at the University of Maryland.

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Ann Marie is a talented chef who has combined her passion for food with her deep commitment to the principles of lifestyle medicine to teach easy and delicious recipes that enable others to thrive in the world of whole food plant based eating. 

She is a strong proponent of food as medicine and is passionate about providing access to fresh produce to the food insecure. 

Ann Marie’s corporate background has been focused in the realm of technology sales with AT&T, business development and event planning. Ann Marie was past chair of the Interfaith Food Pantry and cooks monthly for Table of Hope.

Cooking since the age of 9, Ann Marie launched her first catering business at 14, creating sumptuous desserts for dinner parties. Once in college, Ann Marie began meal prepping for other students looking for healthy alternatives to cafeteria options. 

Food and its connection to health have always been an integral part of Ann Marie’s personal health but her focus took a turn when her daughter needed dairy free options to address respiratory issues. Once learning about the benefits of whole food plant based principles, Ann Marie began shifting her food preparation from the standard American diet to one that was based on eliminating inflammation from a whole food plant based way of eating. In addition to teaching culinary medicine, Ann Marie coaches figure, hockey and power skating.

Education: Ann Marie attended the University of Southern California for her undergraduate studies and Stevens Institute of Technology for graduate work. She also has a certificate in plant based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center Nutrition Studies.